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No. 407.797. Patented July 30, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. THURSTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,797, dated July 30, 1889. Application filed October 13, 1887- Serial No. 252,287- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. THURS- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at.Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in WVire Suspension Hooks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specil0 fication, in which same.

My invention relates to wire hooks for suspending garments, pictures, and various other articles, and has for its object to stiffen and strengthen the hook and at the same time economize stock and thereby reduce the cost of manufacture; and my invention consists in ahook composed of a single continuous piece of wire,bent in a novel manner to form an upper and a lower hook, with a brace beneath the upper hook, having its rear portion bent at a right angle at a point where it will rest against the wall or other object to which the hook is attached, whereby a solid bearing is afforded for the rear end of the 0 brace, thus enabling it to better support the upper hook and enable it to resist any tendency of the latter to be bent downward by the weight of an article placed thereon, the

wire, after being bent to form the rear end 5 of the brace, being doubled overthe arm which forms the upper hook, and then extended downward in a straight line and turned up to form the lower hook,which is composed of a single strand only of the wire, as hereinafter more particularly set forth.

The hook A represented in the said drawings is formed of a single piece of wire, the upper portion of the hook consisting of a horizontal arm Z), extending out in a straight line 5 from the attaching-shank c, which is preferably provided with a screw-thread,which may be out either before or after the hook has been formed; but if desired a sharp driving-point may be substituted for the screw. At the outer end of the arm I) the wire is bent, as

shown, to form a loop (Z, and is then carried backward and slightly downward beneath the arm I) to form a straight brace e, the rear end of which is bent upward at a right'angle to form the portion f, which is adapted to rest firmly against the wall or other object to which the hook is attached, thus affording a solid bearing for the end of the brace e,whereby the upper arm I) is materially stiffened and enabled to better resist the downward pressure of a heavy article hung thereon. After bending the Wire to form the rear portionf of the brace c, it is doubled over the upper arm I) and carried down in a straight line alongside of the verticalportion f of the brace e and below the latter, as seen at h, and is then bent upward to form the lower hook i, the back h of which is adapted to rest firmly against the wall or other object to which the hook is attached, the entire hook being thus firmly supported and rendered strong and free from liability to become bent out of shape, 'while by giving the brace c a solid bearing at its rear end f against the surface to which the hook is secured, as above described,it is enabled to successfully resist the backward thrust produced thereon by hanging a heavy article 011 the upper arm I).

At the outer end of the-lower hook i is a hemispherical or concavo-convex enlargement k, which is formed integral with the same by striking up the metal in a suitable die, the convex side being uppermost. I

I do not claim in this application the concave-convex enlargement-, as the same forms the subject matter of another application filed by me May 14, 1888, Serial No. 273,870.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

The improved hook herein described, consisting of a continuous wire provided with an attaching-shank and having a horizontal upper arm b, bent at the outer end to form the loop (I, the arm 0, passing from said loop backward and downward beneath the upper arm and thence bent upward over the inner end of the said upper arm, and the hook 1', formed by'a continuation of said bent end, as herein described. I

WVitness my hand this 11th day of October, A. D. 1887.

CHARLES H. THURSTON.

In presence of- P. E. TESOHEMACHER, EDWIN F. Ens-Err. 

